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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. The flat diacritical mark above a vowel in a send picture or phonic/dictionary notation that indicates a long sound.






2. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






3. A student with mastery can utilize the information successfully - but may struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so.






4. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






5. Edward III - English again becomes the official language of the state -Chaucer - Canterbury Tales - English borrows from Latin and Greek languages - Anglo-French compounds appear (gentlewomen - gentlemen - faithful - etc) - Latin layer of language -






6. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






7. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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8. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






9. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






10. The term is also used for the language now called Old English - spoken and written by the ________ and their descendants in much of what is now England and some of southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.






11. Vowel team syllable (digraph - dipthong)






12. A diacritical marking. A wavy line placed over any vowel before r in a combination to indicate the unaccented pronunciation eg letter. The tildes used both in coding words and in a sound picture. When the pronunciation of any unaccented vowel-r combi






13. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






14. Shakespeare - Samuel Johnson - first comprehensive dictionary of English - Noah Webster - first dictionary of American English - Oxford Dictionary published in full 1928






15. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.






16. Reading can be learned as naturally as speaking - reading is focused on constructing meaning from texts using children's books rather than basal or controlled readers - reading is best learned in the context of the group - phonics is taught indirectl






17. A graphic compilation of the performance of an individual on a series of assessments.






18. Provide different ways for kids to take in information or communicate their knowledge back to you. The changes do not alter or lower the standards or expectations of a subject or a test.






19. Selective focus on what is important while screening out distractions.






20. A term coined by Stanovich to describe a phenomenon observed in findings of cumulative advantage for children who read well and have good vocabulary and cumulative disadvantage for those who have inadequate vocabularies and read less and thus have lo






21. Is a type of test - assessment - or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population - with respect to the trait being measured. This estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and poss






22. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






23. Given normal vision - the ability to recognize and interpret information taken in with the eye.






24. Federal Law. Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs receiving federal $$ - Civil Rights Law - to protect people with disabilities by allowing full participation in the workplace.






25. Is one that provides for translating test scores into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person with that score or their relationship to a specified subject matter. Most tests and quizzes written by school teachers are criterion-refer






26. Are standardized and measure your progress and achievements as a student.






27. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






28. Open syllable






29. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






30. A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is usually short.






31. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






32. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






33. A standardized test designed to efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired - usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learn






34. A word that is immediately recognized as a whole and does not require decoding to identify. A sight word may or may not be phonetically regular.






35. Expects child to learn reading as "naturally" as speech - Uses child's oral language as content for reading - Uses child's oral language as basis for spelling instruction - Children learn to "read" by reading and re-reading "big books" together with

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36. A type of derived score such that the distribution of these scores for a specified population has convenient known values for the mean and standard deviation.






37. The ability to segment words into their component phonemes. Is an important aspect of phonological awareness






38. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






39. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






40. The percentage is defined to include scores in a specified distribution that fall below the point at which a given score lies.






41. Whole body learning






42. The ancient Britons (Celts) conquered by Caesar in 54 c.e. - Celtic and Latin languages co-exist - Teutonic tribes (Jutes - Angles and Saxons invade) - Anglo-Saxon layer of language






43. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






44. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits

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45. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






46. Children may be physical and socially immature - may be awkward in social situations - may have difficulty reading social cues - may have trouble finding the right words - stammering. - may feel anxious in school






47. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






48. Attempt - Failure - Frustration - Avoidance - Lack of Practice - No improvement - Loss of esteem - loss of motivation = THIS






49. A score that describes student performance in terms of the statistical performance of an average student at a given grade level. Ranges from K.0 to 12.9 Are not a dependable representation of progress






50. Individual Educational Plan